KUMJ | VOL. 18 | NO. 3 | ISSUE 71 | JULY-SEPT. 2020

Case Report of an 18 Year Old Girl with Solid Pseudo-papillary Tumor of Pancreas
Sigdel S, Niroula S, Sapkota G, Chang LH, Mishra R

Abstract:
Solid Pseudo-papillary Tumor (SPT) of the pancreas is a rare tumor which typically affects young women without any significant clinical symptoms. Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor usually shows an indolent behavior and only rare cases recur and/or metastasize after complete resection. Here is a case report of 18 years old girl who presented to our centre with complaints of severe epigastric pain and underwent pancreatic parenchyma saving surgery for a large pancreatic head mass. In conclusion, Solid Pseudo-papillary Tumor being a large tumor possess a low malignant potential in which R0 resection has excellent prognosis.
Keyword : Enucleation, Frantz tumor, Solid pseudo-papillary tumor (SPT), Surgical resection